Mashable Had The Worst-Ever GM Recall Story Placement Just Now

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There are probably some helpful tips in Mashable's post on "10 times when staying quiet at work is your best option." We wonder how they mined that sort of information — perhaps by asking GM employees, who have essentially done the same thing?

For a few minutes on Mashable's homepage, the tech site had side-by-side links to a rundown of GM CEO Mary Barra's findings of an ignition defect investigation and advice for keeping secrets in the workplace. Er...awkward, considering how this whole investigation came about.

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Someone at the helm likely noticed the same and reconfigured the homepage, but we've got a screenshot that'll live in infamy.

H/T to Karl Henkel for being the first to call them out!